Micropep Raises €8.5M in Series A Funding
– Micropep is a Toulouse, France-based agricultural biotech company.
– The company raised €8.5M in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Supernova Invest with participation from FMC Ventures, Sofinnova Partners and IRDI Capital Investissement.
– The new financing will be used to further develop proprietary discovery platform and progress pipeline targeting disease control and weed suppression.
Slintel scores $20M Series A as buyer intelligence tool gains traction
– Slintel, a startup providing that kind of data, announced a $20m Series A.
– The company has attracted some big-name investors, with GGV leading the round and Accel, Sequoia and Stellaris also participating.
– The investment brings the total raised to over $24m, including a $4.2m seed round from last November.
– The company plans to grow faster again.
Kajabi: $550 Million Funding And Over $2 Billion Valuation
– Kajabi is an e-commerce platform for knowledge economy.
– The company raised $550m in growth equity financing.
– The round was led by Tiger Global Management and also included TPG, Tidemark, Owl Rock Capital, and Meritech Capital.
– Kajabi intends to continue scaling its team and building best-in-class products, expand internationally, and explore strategic mergers and acquisitions that can further expand its product portfolio and geographic reach.
